Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, UNSATISFIED, by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES


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First Line: Only a housemaid!' she looked from the kitchen
Last Line: Give her an empire, she pines for a name!
Subject(s): Discontent; Dissatisfaction


"ONLY a housemaid!" She looked from the kitchen, --
Neat was the kitchen and tidy was she;
There at her window a sempstress sat stitching;
"Were I a sempstress, how happy I'd be!"

"Only a Queen!" She looked over the waters, --
Fair was her kingdom and mighty was she;
There sat an Empress, with Queens for her daughters;
"Were I an Empress, how happy I'd be!"

Still the old frailty they all of them trip in!
Eve in her daughters is ever the same;
Give her all Eden, she sighs for a pippin;
Give her an Empire, she pines for a name!





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